Palacios city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Palacios city's poverty rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.
2017
18.5%
2023
15.6%
Total change
-2.9 pp
% change
-15.7%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 18.5% | — |
| 2019 | 20.7% | +2.2 pp (11.9%) |
| 2020 | 8.3% | -12.4 pp (-59.9%) |
| 2021 | 13.9% | +5.6 pp (67.5%) |
| 2022 | 10.9% | -3.0 pp (-21.6%) |
| 2023 | 15.6% | +4.7 pp (43.1%) |